Top Cast
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Olga Yakovleva
Tanya
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Valentin Gaft
German
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Liya Akhedzhakova
Dusya
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Leonid Bronevoy
Vasin
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Aleksandr Kotov
Mine Worker
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Nikolai Volkov Jr.
Ignatov
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Yuri Bogatyryov
Andrei Tarasovich
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Mariya Andrianova
Grandmother
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Natalya Arkhangelskaya
Shamanova
Overview
The story of a couple chasing their dreams amid the challenges of life in the postwar Soviet Union. Based on Aleksei Arbuzov's play.
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